Negotiations for COIN are not going well at all, and if Callie McGuire cannot keep Efraim onboard, they are likely to stop all together. If they can get this oil deal to go through, it will be huge for the small island nations as well as the U.S., but the opposition is getting deadlier by the day.

All he wants to do is get out of the U.S. and back home to Nadar, but Sheik Efraim Aziz holds little hope of that happening any time soon. One of his friends has gone missing, and another is shot dead, but what is really holding him here is a beautiful blue-eyed blonde.

The moment their eyes connected, Callie could feel the attraction zinging through her veins for Efraim, and the certainty that the feeling is mutual only makes everything harder. The prejudice on both sides is astronomical, but Efraim and Callie’s feelings are too strong to ignore, even in the midst of a murder investigation. Callie is willing to sacrifice her job to help Efraim find his friend’s murderer, but that may not be the only thing she loses. She and Efraim are up against some very deadly adversaries, and the clues they uncover will drive a stake straight through both of their hearts.

The plotline behind this story does not begin nor end within the pages of this particular book, so be prepared for many questions left unanswered. That being said, this story in itself is a wonderful read, full of danger, excitement, and tingling anticipation. Callie and Efraim are going up against the worst of odds to be together, but what is in their hearts comes across as true and honest. They do not deny the difficulties that lie ahead and that only makes you want them to succeed even more.